Type-composing stick



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13' l 25 w. H. sToREY TYIE GOMPOSHIG STICK Filed Sept. 4. 1924 HTTORNEYJ Be. it-knownthat I, VILLrAiyLHnnRY ',typeirlikeprinting.inaClfines--y 1 l Inf composing sti ksasat presenti con- Patented Oct. 13, 1925.

` -irvrngcomrosme STICK.

'Y vApplication filed-September 4, 1924. Serial Nm 735,746,v

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SToRnY, a yBritish subject, residing at Meref Ready 1 Leicester,

for use with type .use-d with 'structed kthe locking device for the types has been sodevised that it ispc'issibl'e fOLthe .operator accidentally to release the spring `which; retainsthetype the stick with theY result that types may fall: out of; the stick,

A lwith consequent loss of time in composingi f Or, where manually operated type retain- :ing devices are employed,`-such as ,clips,

which are required to loe-moved across then path oftfhe types, there isvthe possibility thatl su ch, .'devices may accidentally be .re-- leased or. alternativelythe operator may; failto place the retainers in'locking position 'so posing Vsticktt,o`- .wl1ich the invention iscapthat similar disabilities areme'twith.`-. 1 j? Furthermore, it is to be borne in mind that in previously known forms, of typeretaining devices oneend -ofjt-hel 'fork' orlstiek is l always lopen toreceive type,and consequently'should the compositortip the fork so thatyy the composing end of the stick is tilted in a downward direction the types will drop vout of the stick. c

Now the object of the present invention is to eliminate manually operated type retaining devices and construct type retaining means which lock and release the types automatically and so overcome any possibility of types falling out ofthe stick. v

The invention consists in the use of balls one at each end of the fo-rk thevsaid balls rolling in inclined races, one at each end of tlhe stick and the inclines being oppositely opposed. According to the invention the'composing stick may be formed in any well known manner. For instance it may be of tubular construction there being provided a central slot extending the whole length of the tube. lThe composing end of the stick is angled off in such a manner that prongs are formed to engage the channels in the type and so lift them out of tlhe composing fo-unt, while the other end of the stick is also fashioned England, Great Britaim'have invented new and usefullmprovements in Type-Gomposing Sticks, of Awhichthe followingis a specificationv v The present invention relates to-inprove-: ments in type composing sticks, more 4par- Roneoe j constructed asfseparateelements and -fixed nest' therein; f j v panying drawings, whereonzfwithlprongs for setting` up typeonfthe forme.L

Y' The inclined races may be formed by cuttingl out and bending inwards `portions of the, tube.v The balls may either be placed inthe tube prior to the rcutting andbending operations, or they may be inserted in ythe forkbyforcing them past lthe extremities of the bent pieces.

Alternatively theI races may be in thetube'; as byl way'of rivets, soldering or movements of the balls and these stops` are [so formed as to prevent the 'balls foulingthe type when Leach; ball S at the bottomgof the inclined race.l Y For example the stops are provided with curved vhoodsso" that the; balls `The Zway and m'anI-llervrin the invention fis; carried outlwiltnowvube f fully described, reference being had toy the accom- Fig 11'=is a `'plan vlew of' one type of y} )11.e0'l- Eig. 2 is aside view of Fig. 1'. A v"Fig 3 is a sidegview,fiin'section. i Fig. et isa cross sectiontake-n on'the line A+B- of Fig..3;-,l g .2,

Fig. 5 is a detail view. Y Fig. 6 is a part sectional view of the co posing end of the stick, tilted so that the ball intercepts lthe type.

On the drawings 10 represents the composing end of the stick while 10afrepresents the end for setting up the type of the-forme. l

The composing stick is shown as being of i tubular form there being provided a central slot 11 extending throughout the length of the tube. The composing end 10 is angled off as at `12 so 'that prongs 13 `are formed which prongs engage the channels 14 of the types 15 and sc lift'tliem out of thefount and retain them in the central slot or channel 11. The other end of the stick 10a is also fashioned with prongs 16 for setting up the type Von the forme. v

y The inclined races 17 are shown on the drawings as' separate elements secured to the stick, but these may be formed by cutting ong and bending inwardly portions of the tu e.

In these races 17 'are placed the balls 18' and stops 19 are provided at the inward ends of the inclined races 17 to limit the movements ofthe balls, andthese stops are in the nature of rivets and arevpassed through perforations' intheraces land: in the composinglstick, andby this ineanssecurethe raceszand the stops `Vto fthesticl. I It 1s 1' obvious, howeverthat the jstops may be orinedibyic'ut 'out portions tromthe .races 117- afndbelbent on one side or thefotherl to Y form curved hoods for the balls.

"When,` the stickY is being `used for composing ittis heldlatrfan angle'fthe composing-end l10:pointingupwardly yand the tips ofthe tprongs I. 13'.: iengage `y the channels 14e: of the i typelfto extract onetype at a time-from aninclined-fount. "Iihe'stick'being held at :an angle it' follows that the ball 18 atthe' f composingiend110f'ofthestick is nesting under thezhood 2O of-the'stop 19 While the ball 18v at.l the otheruendiorsetting up end of the F stick 10a, has fallen, by gravity,into they i path of! the type and Iacts. as a retaining de- .vicefor ithetypes collected finto the stick. Y -ISliouldF-the compositor inadvertently tilt the stick so -thatthecomposing endflO is .lowered t'he ballv atlthat end o-ithefsticky"Will roll-.along the race'17 intothe pathfof the type and automatically prevent the'types from falling out of 'theffsticln After composing a flinel of? typeythe 'stick- "40.:is heldin ashorizontal plane the prongs lo being presented to the channels formedou or secured to the forme. In this position both balls 18 rest against the stops 19 so the vtypes can -be slid from the vstick to the forme.

`It is to be understood that the invention may be applied to existing composing sticks :usedgwith grooved type of the character described Which may differ in appearance -and construction -from the example illustrated in the drawings. Furthermore, the shape of the vball race -17may bey Varied. Forexample in place of a curved race, this may berV shape in cross section thef-V-forinfing an incline. Or, the ball race-maytake the 'form cfa Wedge' secured by solder, rivets or lilemcans to the'sticlr.

I-Iavingf thusdescribed my inventionL What I desire=to secure' by -IiettersiP-atentof the 1. In "composing sticks' for' 'loose' typesfof the character speciiedfnneans* forautomatically Y retaining the l types in" the: stickV When vthe stick is tilted, f the.l said means f comprisingl'balls-Which roll iinto kthe-path ofthe tyre- 1 2.` f Infcomp'osing sticks l for loosetypes of the character speciiied, an inclinedrace'p'rovided at each'end of the stick the-races? 1being oppositely opposed, y-ba-lls fitting into A'said races, and stops for limiting "the inward travel Vof the balls.

35A composing lstick'orl looseI typesfof f the @character slpeci'fied, balls? forlretaining y theytypes int-he stick the saidi balls rolling `in iinclined@ races and stops Torlliniiting the i=n-V v Ward travelA 'of itheffballsgf thef said Ystops bein-gprovided Withcnrved hoods i-soithat the iballsnest therein.V v I I -In'1testimony' whereofI I v have sig-nedmy naine'- to this speci-ication.

yWiLLLLtM:Hasimmer. 

